Studio habits
Sketchbook ideas that turn into a habit
Sketchbook ideas built for repetition: forty small prompts, a ten-minute routine, ways past the blank page and how to keep going after the first week.
Tamsin Rook
Tamsin writes about sketchbook routines, small-space setups and how to look closely at drawings and prints in museums and books.
Looking at art
How printmaking changed who could own art
How did printmaking change the world of art? A short history from woodblocks and Dürer to ukiyo-e, posters and screenprints, told through who owned them.
Studio habits
Picking a mixed media sketchbook that takes wet and dry work
What makes a mixed media sketchbook work: paper weight, surface, sizing, binding and size, plus a simple test to run on the first page before you commit.